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Vinbelgium Bilingual Tetraglot Groupie Belgium Joined 5828 days ago 61 posts - 73 votes Speaks: Dutch, Flemish, English, French Studies: Spanish, Russian	Message 1 of 8 02 July 2009 at 3:52pm \| IP Logged
	EDIT: Welcome everybody! This is my language learning log of all the languages I am currently learning. I will post my progress here! I also decided to write in the language I am learning to create some sort of multilingual log. Now I am learning Spanish, French and Russian. All comments are appreciated! You can always follow me on blog. SPANISH I have dabbled a lot in this language, but now I decided to study Spanish actively. I'm having summer holidays now, so that means I have more time to spend on my language learning activity. I recently bought the Spanish with ease Assimil book. I've finished about 40 lessons by now, but I only tried to understand the dialogues. I can't produce anything by myself. Now I've been writing down some dialogues only looking at the translations. This will help me improve my producing ability. I also did some lessons at lingq.com. I saved some lingqs and reviewed some. But mostly I save them into my Anki deck and review them there. The deck isn't that large yet, but it will happen gradually. Mostly I review phrases in Anki, because it's more demanding and more difficult. Also I believe you shouldn't learn mere words without a context. I bought a few more books not too long ago which will certainly help me! 'Bescherelle Collection: Les Verbes Espagnols' 'Teach yourself: Spanish Phrasebook' 'Bienvenido: Eenvoudig Spaans voor iedereen' I have been using the verb book a lot, since the verbs in Spanish is the hardest part. Concerning the phrasebook, I finished the first chapter and I can now use all the phrases. Some of them I entered into Anki too. And I've been doing some of the chapters from 'Bienvenido' also. It's not too difficult, and very useful to broaden my vocabulary. ENGLISH I bought the book '101 American English Idioms' and I'm learning them now; also by using Anki, of course. For the rest, I have been reviewing my Anki deck filled with English words. I've been using smart.fm too for some useful vocabulary. I can also import vocabulary lists from smart.fm to Anki by using a plugin. Lastly I'm reading the book 'Persian Fire' by Tom Holland. I highlight all the unknown words and add them into Anki too. FRENCH I haven't done much for French so far. I bought a very small dictionary which I will be using during my holiday and on the plane. I'm planning to read the Harry Potter series in French. RUSSIAN I will rekindle my Russian language activity again this summer. A few months ago I bought the Teach Yourself Russian book and I finished some chapters. But I quit due to lots of schoolwork. Now I will resume this again. JAPANESE I have been studying the Hiragana and Katakana alphabet, but nothing more. I'm not sure whether I'll continue studying Japanese right now, since I'm quite busy with all the other languages. GERMAN I bought the Teach Yourself German and did the first few chapters, and it was quite easy. I will definitely continue learning German, but it's does not top my priority list. Edited by Vinbelgium on 01 December 2009 at 5:59pm 1 person has voted this message useful
Toufik18 Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member Algeria Joined 5748 days ago 188 posts - 202 votes Speaks: Arabic (Written), Arabic (classical), French, English	Message 2 of 8 02 July 2009 at 6:10pm \| IP Logged
	Hi :) I find you topic amusing, adn it's very plesent to see the way you keep your self motivated to learn/reinforce 6 languages. I am struggling with 3 :) Good luck in your language refinement 1 person has voted this message useful
Vinbelgium Bilingual Tetraglot Groupie Belgium Joined 5828 days ago 61 posts - 73 votes Speaks: Dutch, Flemish, English, French Studies: Spanish, Russian	Message 3 of 8 02 July 2009 at 7:49pm \| IP Logged
	Hi! Most of the time I'm studying Spanish and English, because I have set my goals for these languages. I study the other ones off and on when I feel like doing it, although it's certainly once a week. My biggest problem for the other languages is time. I do not have time to study 6 languages actively during the school year, because I have to study for my university degree. But now during the summer holidays, I have plenty of time to spend on whatever I want to, and a big deal of that will go to my language study. Thanks for your comment! 1 person has voted this message useful
AlejandroMendoz Newbie Canada Joined 5629 days ago 24 posts - 24 votes Studies: French, English*	Message 4 of 8 02 July 2009 at 7:55pm \| IP Logged
	So far, looks interesting. Definitely keep up with the posting. I'm glad you've had luck with making a language learning log but still no progress for me, it says i need to contact the administrator to resolve it. 1 person has voted this message useful
Vinbelgium Bilingual Tetraglot Groupie Belgium Joined 5828 days ago 61 posts - 73 votes Speaks: Dutch, Flemish, English, French Studies: Spanish, Russian	Message 5 of 8 04 July 2009 at 10:21am \| IP Logged
	SPANISH Yesterday I studied more phrases from the phrasebook, and I have to admit that they are pretty easy to remember. I added the more difficult ones in my Anki deck. I review them daily. Then I did three Assimil lessons. First I read the Spanish text and tried to comprehend everything, then I cast my eye over the notes and finally I translated the dialogue into Spanish. And I added the more difficult words in Anki as well. I also listened to some recordings through lingq.com, and I reviewed my vocabulary there. ENGLISH I talked in English for about 4 hours via skype. I still review my Anki deck every day. And when I encounter new and unknown words, I try to memorize and use them as quickly as possible. I have been reading (and enjoying!) some English books. FRENCH I didn't do much for French. A bit of reading and learning some words, but nothing much. RUSSIAN I did the lessons from my Teach Yourself Russian again, and today I will do more lessons. I find it difficult to pronounce the words, especially new words. I'm planning to start up my activity at lingq.com for Russian again. Then I can listen (which is more important!) more. I went to the library yesterday and I found some wonderful language courses. I definitely want to add Polish, Portuguese, Italian and lots more to the list of languages I know. But not now, I'm still young and have a lot of time left to study all these languages! Edited by Vinbelgium on 04 July 2009 at 10:22am 1 person has voted this message useful
Vinbelgium Bilingual Tetraglot Groupie Belgium Joined 5828 days ago 61 posts - 73 votes Speaks: Dutch, Flemish, English, French Studies: Spanish, Russian	Message 6 of 8 04 July 2009 at 8:54pm \| IP Logged
	Update RUSSIAN Today I bought the great book 'Русский язык в упражнениях', a Russian-English dictionary and the book called 'Шкатулка'. We'll see how it goes... Edited by Vinbelgium on 04 July 2009 at 8:54pm 1 person has voted this message useful
Vinbelgium Bilingual Tetraglot Groupie Belgium Joined 5828 days ago 61 posts - 73 votes Speaks: Dutch, Flemish, English, French Studies: Spanish, Russian	Message 7 of 8 01 December 2009 at 5:55pm \| IP Logged
	Hello everybody, It has been a while since I have updated this log. I have been travelling in the summer, so I kind of forgot about it. I am studying language actively again, so this log turns out to be quite handy. More updates are following for: French, Spanish and Russian 1 person has voted this message useful
Vinbelgium Bilingual Tetraglot Groupie Belgium Joined 5828 days ago 61 posts - 73 votes Speaks: Dutch, Flemish, English, French Studies: Spanish, Russian	Message 8 of 8 01 December 2009 at 6:05pm \| IP Logged
	SPANISH I am communicating with native speakers to practise my language. It is working very well. I can express myself better than I expected. Querría mejorar mi nivél de Español. Voy a escribir las palabras diffíciles aqui también. Quiero compartir todas las palabras diffíciles con otras personas aprendiendo español. Si alguién tiene un comentario, me gustaria recibirlo. Gracias a todos y hasta luego. 1 person has voted this message useful

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Vinbelgium Bilingual Tetraglot Groupie Belgium Joined 5828 days ago 61 posts - 73 votes Speaks: Dutch, Flemish, English, French Studies: Spanish, Russian	Message 1 of 8 02 July 2009 at 3:52pm \| IP Logged
	EDIT: Welcome everybody! This is my language learning log of all the languages I am currently learning. I will post my progress here! I also decided to write in the language I am learning to create some sort of multilingual log. Now I am learning Spanish, French and Russian. All comments are appreciated! You can always follow me on blog. SPANISH I have dabbled a lot in this language, but now I decided to study Spanish actively. I'm having summer holidays now, so that means I have more time to spend on my language learning activity. I recently bought the Spanish with ease Assimil book. I've finished about 40 lessons by now, but I only tried to understand the dialogues. I can't produce anything by myself. Now I've been writing down some dialogues only looking at the translations. This will help me improve my producing ability. I also did some lessons at lingq.com. I saved some lingqs and reviewed some. But mostly I save them into my Anki deck and review them there. The deck isn't that large yet, but it will happen gradually. Mostly I review phrases in Anki, because it's more demanding and more difficult. Also I believe you shouldn't learn mere words without a context. I bought a few more books not too long ago which will certainly help me! 'Bescherelle Collection: Les Verbes Espagnols' 'Teach yourself: Spanish Phrasebook' 'Bienvenido: Eenvoudig Spaans voor iedereen' I have been using the verb book a lot, since the verbs in Spanish is the hardest part. Concerning the phrasebook, I finished the first chapter and I can now use all the phrases. Some of them I entered into Anki too. And I've been doing some of the chapters from 'Bienvenido' also. It's not too difficult, and very useful to broaden my vocabulary. ENGLISH I bought the book '101 American English Idioms' and I'm learning them now; also by using Anki, of course. For the rest, I have been reviewing my Anki deck filled with English words. I've been using smart.fm too for some useful vocabulary. I can also import vocabulary lists from smart.fm to Anki by using a plugin. Lastly I'm reading the book 'Persian Fire' by Tom Holland. I highlight all the unknown words and add them into Anki too. FRENCH I haven't done much for French so far. I bought a very small dictionary which I will be using during my holiday and on the plane. I'm planning to read the Harry Potter series in French. RUSSIAN I will rekindle my Russian language activity again this summer. A few months ago I bought the Teach Yourself Russian book and I finished some chapters. But I quit due to lots of schoolwork. Now I will resume this again. JAPANESE I have been studying the Hiragana and Katakana alphabet, but nothing more. I'm not sure whether I'll continue studying Japanese right now, since I'm quite busy with all the other languages. GERMAN I bought the Teach Yourself German and did the first few chapters, and it was quite easy. I will definitely continue learning German, but it's does not top my priority list. Edited by Vinbelgium on 01 December 2009 at 5:59pm 1 person has voted this message useful
Toufik18 Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member Algeria Joined 5748 days ago 188 posts - 202 votes Speaks: Arabic (Written), Arabic (classical), French, English	Message 2 of 8 02 July 2009 at 6:10pm \| IP Logged
	Hi :) I find you topic amusing, adn it's very plesent to see the way you keep your self motivated to learn/reinforce 6 languages. I am struggling with 3 :) Good luck in your language refinement 1 person has voted this message useful
Vinbelgium Bilingual Tetraglot Groupie Belgium Joined 5828 days ago 61 posts - 73 votes Speaks: Dutch, Flemish, English, French Studies: Spanish, Russian	Message 3 of 8 02 July 2009 at 7:49pm \| IP Logged
	Hi! Most of the time I'm studying Spanish and English, because I have set my goals for these languages. I study the other ones off and on when I feel like doing it, although it's certainly once a week. My biggest problem for the other languages is time. I do not have time to study 6 languages actively during the school year, because I have to study for my university degree. But now during the summer holidays, I have plenty of time to spend on whatever I want to, and a big deal of that will go to my language study. Thanks for your comment! 1 person has voted this message useful
AlejandroMendoz Newbie Canada Joined 5629 days ago 24 posts - 24 votes Studies: French, English*	Message 4 of 8 02 July 2009 at 7:55pm \| IP Logged
	So far, looks interesting. Definitely keep up with the posting. I'm glad you've had luck with making a language learning log but still no progress for me, it says i need to contact the administrator to resolve it. 1 person has voted this message useful
Vinbelgium Bilingual Tetraglot Groupie Belgium Joined 5828 days ago 61 posts - 73 votes Speaks: Dutch, Flemish, English, French Studies: Spanish, Russian	Message 5 of 8 04 July 2009 at 10:21am \| IP Logged
	SPANISH Yesterday I studied more phrases from the phrasebook, and I have to admit that they are pretty easy to remember. I added the more difficult ones in my Anki deck. I review them daily. Then I did three Assimil lessons. First I read the Spanish text and tried to comprehend everything, then I cast my eye over the notes and finally I translated the dialogue into Spanish. And I added the more difficult words in Anki as well. I also listened to some recordings through lingq.com, and I reviewed my vocabulary there. ENGLISH I talked in English for about 4 hours via skype. I still review my Anki deck every day. And when I encounter new and unknown words, I try to memorize and use them as quickly as possible. I have been reading (and enjoying!) some English books. FRENCH I didn't do much for French. A bit of reading and learning some words, but nothing much. RUSSIAN I did the lessons from my Teach Yourself Russian again, and today I will do more lessons. I find it difficult to pronounce the words, especially new words. I'm planning to start up my activity at lingq.com for Russian again. Then I can listen (which is more important!) more. I went to the library yesterday and I found some wonderful language courses. I definitely want to add Polish, Portuguese, Italian and lots more to the list of languages I know. But not now, I'm still young and have a lot of time left to study all these languages! Edited by Vinbelgium on 04 July 2009 at 10:22am 1 person has voted this message useful
Vinbelgium Bilingual Tetraglot Groupie Belgium Joined 5828 days ago 61 posts - 73 votes Speaks: Dutch, Flemish, English, French Studies: Spanish, Russian	Message 6 of 8 04 July 2009 at 8:54pm \| IP Logged
	Update RUSSIAN Today I bought the great book 'Русский язык в упражнениях', a Russian-English dictionary and the book called 'Шкатулка'. We'll see how it goes... Edited by Vinbelgium on 04 July 2009 at 8:54pm 1 person has voted this message useful
Vinbelgium Bilingual Tetraglot Groupie Belgium Joined 5828 days ago 61 posts - 73 votes Speaks: Dutch, Flemish, English, French Studies: Spanish, Russian	Message 7 of 8 01 December 2009 at 5:55pm \| IP Logged
	Hello everybody, It has been a while since I have updated this log. I have been travelling in the summer, so I kind of forgot about it. I am studying language actively again, so this log turns out to be quite handy. More updates are following for: French, Spanish and Russian 1 person has voted this message useful
Vinbelgium Bilingual Tetraglot Groupie Belgium Joined 5828 days ago 61 posts - 73 votes Speaks: Dutch, Flemish, English, French Studies: Spanish, Russian	Message 8 of 8 01 December 2009 at 6:05pm \| IP Logged
	SPANISH I am communicating with native speakers to practise my language. It is working very well. I can express myself better than I expected. Querría mejorar mi nivél de Español. Voy a escribir las palabras diffíciles aqui también. Quiero compartir todas las palabras diffíciles con otras personas aprendiendo español. Si alguién tiene un comentario, me gustaria recibirlo. Gracias a todos y hasta luego. 1 person has voted this message useful